Thus the outward part of the place lumined the eies of the beholders, by reason of the sumptuous w [...]ke. Also the tower of the gate (as séemed) was builded by great masonrie, and by great engine of mans wit, for the sundrie countenances of euerie i|mage that there appeared, some shooting, some ca|sting, some readie to strike, and firing of gunnes, which shewed verie honorablie. Also all the said qua|drants, baies, and edifices, were roiallie intrailed, as [...]a [...]re as vnto the same court apperteined. [...] And direct against the gate was deuised a halpas, and at the entrie of the staire, were images of sore and terri|ble countenances, all armed in curious worke of argentine. The baie of the same halpas pendant by craft of timber, & vnder it antike images of gold in| [...]roned with verdor of olifs cast in compasse, moun| [...]ring their countenances toward the entring of the palace. The staire of the said halpas was cast of pas|sage by the wents of brode steps, so that from the first foot or lowest step, anie person might without paine go vnto the highest place of the same halpas.

[...] On euerie hand was their chamber doores and enterings into the chambers of the same palace, which were long and large, and well proportioned, to receiue light and aire at pleasure: the roofes of them from place to place, and chamber to chamber were sieled, and couered with cloth of silke, of the most faire and quicke inuention that before time was séene. For the ground was white ingraild, embowed, and batoned with rich clothes of silkes, knit and fret with cuts and braids, and sundrie new casts, that the same clothes of silke shewed like bullions of fine burned gold: and the roses in losenges, that in the same roofe were in kindlie course, furnished so to mans sight, that no liuing creature might but ioy in the beholding thereof. For from the iaw péece of the said sieling (which péece was gilt with fine gold) were workes in pane paled, all the walles to the crest in|countering the cleare stories, the same crest which was of large deepnesse, the worke was antike knots with bosses cast and wrought with more cunning than I can write, all which works and ouerages were gilt, and to set it the more to the glorie, the flouri|shing bise was comparable to the rich ammell.

Also at the foot of the same palace was another crest all of fine set gold, [...] whereon hanged rich & maruelous clothes of arras wrought of gold and silke, compas|sed of manie ancient stories, with which clothes of ar|ras euerie wall and chamber were hanged, & all the windowes so richlie couered, that it passed all other sights before séene. In euerie chamber and euerie place conuenient were clothes of estate, great and large of cloth of gold, of tissue, and rich embroderie, with chaires couered with like cloth, with pommels of fine gold, and great cushins of rich worke of the Turkie making, nothing lacked of honourable fur|nishment. [...] Also to the same palace was reared a chappell with two closets, the quire of the said chap|pell sieled with cloth of gold, and thereon fret ingrai|led bent clothes of silke, all was then silke and gold. The altars of this chappell were hanged with rich re| [...]esture of cloth of gold and tissue, embrodered with perles. Ouer the hie altar was hanged a rich canopie of maruellous greatnesse, the altar was apparelled with fiue paire of candlesticks of gold, and on the al|tar an halpas, and thereon stood a crucifix all of fine gold, and on the same halpas stood twelue images of the bignes of foure yeares of age, all gold.